fuzzylunkin1 wrote:QUOTE (fuzzylunkin1 @ Jul 8 2012, 02:59 AM) Just discovered this Youtube channel, it's got tons of good full-length videos, including some of Richard Dawkin's great stuff:
TheScienceFoundation
Richard Dawkins - The Enemies Of Reason - Episode 1 - Slaves to Superstition
Richard Dawkins - The Enemies Of Reason - Episode 2 - The Irrational Health Service
Also worth checking out "The Root of All Evil" if you've never seen it, also on youtube...
I'm still fascinated / weirded out by the oddity of religions. I wonder if it would be worth it to post something further about it or not. Recently I've been looking into the various sects of christianity, and been somewhat horrified by the central tenents of Calvinism.
<bp|> Maybe when I grow up I can be a troll like PsycH <bp|> or an obsessive compulsive paladin of law like Adept
Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Jul 19 2012, 06:42 AM) I'm still fascinated / weirded out by the oddity of religions. I wonder if it would be worth it to post something further about it or not. Recently I've been looking into the various sects of christianity, and been somewhat horrified by the central tenents of Calvinism.
Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Jul 19 2012, 05:42 AM) I'm still fascinated / weirded out by the oddity of religions. I wonder if it would be worth it to post something further about it or not. Recently I've been looking into the various sects of christianity, and been somewhat horrified by the central tenents of Calvinism.
I've been looking more into people's understanding of science and I must say our scientific literacy is absolutely @#(!.
Basically people who don't understand science think it's just another religion .
fuzzylunkin1 wrote:QUOTE (fuzzylunkin1 @ Jul 19 2012, 07:51 PM) Basically people who don't understand science think it's just another religion .
I know!
If you don't understand the scientific process at all, it apparently looks like just another set of dogma. That's why I tried to explain to Alien that even though Science looks like a religion from his perspective, it isn't... but it's really hard to get the point across to people who rely on dogma and faith, and aren't really terribly interested in empirical science and testing assumptions to disprove them.
<bp|> Maybe when I grow up I can be a troll like PsycH <bp|> or an obsessive compulsive paladin of law like Adept
fuzzylunkin1 wrote:QUOTE (fuzzylunkin1 @ Jul 19 2012, 05:29 PM) Oh I just came up for the Friday fish fry! We eat fish on other days but we make a point of it on Friday.
I keep following all those cars with the fish on the backs of them, hoping they will lead me to fish fry. Instead they go to large brick buildings with nice landscaping and poorly drawn plus signs. I assume it's a symbol for some form of math academy but fail to see how fish can count past two as they don't have much in the way of discernible digits.
BackTrak wrote:QUOTE (BackTrak @ Jul 19 2012, 05:39 PM) I keep following all those cars with the fish on the backs of them, hoping they will lead me to fish fry. Instead they go to large brick buildings with nice landscaping and poorly drawn plus signs. I assume it's a symbol for some form of math academy but fail to see how fish can count past two as they don't have much in the way of discernible digits.
So I helped a Muslim realize they are an Agnostic. Hell yeah.
In fact, all theists are Agnostic. As are atheists. There is a crucial difference between believing something and knowing something. I try to make it a point to say I'm an Agnostic Atheist, even though it confuses a lot of people.
What does it mean to know anything. A fairly popular usage of that term is to know "beyond reasonable doubt". For me, the explanation of humans telling younger (or otherwise impressionable) humans stories about deities being "some humans made them up in the first place" is beyond reasonable doubt.
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